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WD5000AAKX-753CA 500GB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2016.

Average Bench: 50% (301st of 1015)

Based on 18 user benchmarks.  Model: WD WD5000AAKX-753CA
Poor: 34%Average: 50% Great: 65%

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Below average average bench

The WD WD5000AAKX-753CA 500GB averaged 50.0% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This isn't a great result which indicates that there are much faster alternatives on the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 0.5MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 1.47MB/s

Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD WD5000AAKX-753CA 500GB is 30.9%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the WD WD5000AAKX-753CA 500GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 83.5MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 73MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 18 samples)
Rank 30150%
Min Avg Max
17.5 Read 90.3 121
58.4 Write 88.5 120
21.8 Mixed 73 105
54.4 SusWrite 83.5 112
62% 83.8 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.1 4K Read 0.5 0.7
0.76 4K Write 1.47 1.9
0.1 4K Mixed 0.5 1
103% 0.82 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
458GB free
Firmware: 19.0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 122 122 123 123 122 MB/s
70.5% Very good
Read 123
Write 113
Mixed 72
SusWrite 122
79% 108 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 2
4K Mixed 0.9
166% 1.2 MB/s
307GB free
Firmware: 19.01H19
SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 107 106 106 108 108 MB/s
65.5% Good
Read 121
Write 120
Mixed 72.5
SusWrite 107
77% 105 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.9
4K Mixed 0.7
138% 1.07 MB/s
384GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 19.0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 88 101 114 117 112 MB/s
65.2% Good
Read 121
Write 120
Mixed 64.4
SusWrite 107
76% 103 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.9
161% 1.1 MB/s
280GB free
Firmware: 17.01H17
SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 108 113 114 112 112 MB/s
61.7% Good
Read 103
Write 96.7
Mixed 63.8
SusWrite 112
69% 93.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 0.8
151% 1.1 MB/s
198GB free
Firmware: 19.0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 89 90 87 89 91 MB/s
51.5% Above average
Read 90
Write 95.2
Mixed 52
SusWrite 89.1
60% 81.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 0.8
151% 1.1 MB/s
196GB free
Firmware: 19.01H19
SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 79 78 78 78 79 MB/s
50.2% Above average
Read 96.7
Write 91.2
Mixed 63.8
SusWrite 78
61% 82.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 1
166% 1.03 MB/s
85GB free
Firmware: 19.0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 60 60 60 60 60 59 MB/s
22.2% Poor
Read 17.5
Write 78.8
Mixed 21.8
SusWrite 59.9
32% 44.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.1
4K Write 1
4K Mixed 0.1
34% 0.4 MB/s
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Gaming
Gaming 68%
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Desktop
Desktop 87%
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Workstation
Workstation 57%
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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170N-Gaming 5 - $120

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel  $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples182x
Core i5-6600KIntel  $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples136x
Core i7-7700KIntel  $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples47x
GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia  $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples63x
GTX 1080Nvidia  $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples54x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples54x
SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples42x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples21x
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung  $625Bench 223%, 54,978 samples16x
RAM
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL  $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples29x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples20x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples16x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 99% - Outstanding Total price: $558

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